Another approach to consider is that one could have the script lib/math/bigint/t/mbi_rand.t look at the value of $ENV{'PERL_MBX_SIZE'} and not run the particular test if it is not large enough. That way no failure is seen for folks who do not have the logical set big enough. A message that rerunning the test with the logical defined could be issued.
Other places to consider mentioning the logical: README.vms and configure.com. Peter Prymmer "John E. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/22/2005 11:20:07 PM: > The test lib/math/bigint/t/mbi_rand needs a larger PERL_MBX_SIZE than > the default of 512 bytes. > > A setting of 1024 seems to make the test pass.